View full sizeStephanie Marie Brown, 33, was booked into the Baldwin County Corrections Center on Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, on 59 counts of identity theft as well as charges of third-degree theft of property and fraudulent use of a credit or debit card. (Baldwin County Corrections Center)

ORANGE BEACH, Alabama -- A Pensacola woman faces 59 counts of identity theft involving her former employment as a server at two area restaurants.

Stephanie Marie Brown, 33, was booked into the Baldwin County Corrections Center on Monday on the identity theft charges as well as third-degree theft of property and fraudulent use of a credit or debit card. As of Tuesday, Brown remained in jail on $301,000 bail.

“Basically she was just padding the tips where she was working on individual bills,” Orange Beach Assistant Police Chief Greg Duck said.

While Duck would not say what restaurants were involved other news reports say Brown worked at Hurricane Grill and Wings and Shipp's Harbour Grill. In the county jail log her address is listed as Fredricksburg, Va., but Duck said she was living in Pensacola at the time of her arrest.

Of the 59 counts of identity theft, 50 were from one restaurant, according to Duck. All of the incidents happened between April and May of this year.

Duck said cases of padding checks probably happen more than people think but that it goes unreported. He recommended that people check their bank and credit card accounts daily to make sure charges match up.

Identity theft and fraudulent use of a credit card are Class C felonies in Alabama, which upon conviction can result in one to 10 years in prison.